Ben Marcus Reads “Stay Down and Take It”

Ben Marcus reads his story “Stay Down and Take It,” from the May 28, 2018, issue of the magazine. Marcus has published two novels and two short-story collections, including “The Flame Alphabet” and “Leaving the Sea,” which was short-listed for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. A new story collection, “Notes from the Fog,” will be published in August.

Deborah Treisman is The New Yorker’s fiction editor and the host of its Fiction Podcast.